Standoff Continues at Mental Hospital
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A fired nurse, who spent a second day holed up at a state mental hospital with two hostages, told police negotiators he wanted a full investigation of the facility’s decision to dismiss him, police said. As few signs of a breakthrough emerged in the armed standoff at Norristown State Hospital near Philadelphia, police remained optimistic that negotiators would persuade 40-year-old Denis Czajkowski to surrender peacefully and release his captives unharmed.
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